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If the Lockheed YF-12 had entered service?

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#45
January 27, 2007, 07:15:12 AM
BUMP!!!!

I red the first posts of this thread but I'm still asking if I can paint a whole YF-12 in blue or white. Don't know if some parts have to stay black...  :unsure:  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

famvburg

#46
January 27, 2007, 12:14:14 PM
QuoteBUMP!!!!

I red the first posts of this thread but I'm still asking if I can paint a whole YF-12 in blue or white. Don't know if some parts have to stay black...  :unsure:

     The XB-70 was white so I don't see why not. I'm sure, had other colors been required, compatible paints would've been devoloped.

Archibald

#47
January 28, 2007, 01:14:09 AM
That's a cool idea... an all white F-12A...  :wub:  :wub:  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

B777LR

#48
January 28, 2007, 01:55:20 AM
Name for F-12: Aardvark ;)  That name just goes with any aircraft B)

If F-12 enterd service, would iran buy it?

famvburg

#49
January 28, 2007, 07:37:39 AM
QuoteName for F-12: Aardvark ;)  That name just goes with any aircraft B)

If F-12 enterd service, would iran buy it?

   Or better yet, Israel?

Archibald

#50
January 28, 2007, 07:53:21 AM
Main problem with the YF-12 was it weak rate of turn... I doubt it cant turn back within Israeli frontiers!  :lol:  
Iran is cool (we already have a thread on the ex- CIA A-12s  :wub:  

Sadly, my white paint has just gone   <_<  

What do you think of a RAF Desert-pink F-12A (well, Starkiller F.3  :wub:  :wub:  :wub: )  with low-viz roundels, a  pinup and some MiG-25 kill markings ?

In every case, Starkiller sounds cool, and logical (a Starfighter follow on  ;) )



King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#51
January 29, 2007, 01:49:00 AM
What do you think of Starchaser ? sounds cool no ?
Starlifter, starfighter, starchaser...  :wub:  :wub:




King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Gervasius

#52
January 29, 2007, 04:52:27 AM
How about Starslayer? Not mine, name shamelessly copied from TBOverse.
Baldrick: I followed Mr Da Vinci's instructions to the letter.
Blackadder: Even though you can't actually read.
Baldrick: No, but I have done a lot of Airfix models in my time.

B777LR

#53
January 29, 2007, 05:14:00 AM
QuoteWhat do you think of a RAF Desert-pink F-12A (well, Starkiller F.3  :wub:  :wub:  :wub: )  with low-viz roundels, a  pinup and some MiG-25 kill markings ?
Theres an RAF SR-71 in that scheme at ARC. Look under gallery, jet planes, SR-71, or silly week.

jcf

#54
February 01, 2007, 12:18:22 AM
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QuoteBUMP!!!!

I red the first posts of this thread but I'm still asking if I can paint a whole YF-12 in blue or white. Don't know if some parts have to stay black...  :unsure:

     The XB-70 was white so I don't see why not. I'm sure, had other colors been required, compatible paints would've been devoloped.
The in-service version of the  B-70 would not have been white..it would have used a special IR signature reducing finishing system that would have given the aircraft a shimmery silver colour.

So painting an SR-71/F-12 in pearlescent silver would be a possiblity.

Cheers, Jon

Gervasius

#55
February 01, 2007, 12:31:59 AM
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The in-service version of the  B-70 would not have been white..it would have used a special IR signature reducing finishing system that would have given the aircraft a shimmery silver colour.

Cheers, Jon
Something like a Raptor's PITA metallic finish?
Baldrick: I followed Mr Da Vinci's instructions to the letter.
Blackadder: Even though you can't actually read.
Baldrick: No, but I have done a lot of Airfix models in my time.

jcf

#56
February 01, 2007, 11:44:44 AM
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Something like a Raptor's PITA metallic finish?
I've wondered about a connection since the first pics of the 'metallic' F-22s and V-22s started showing up.

Seeing as optical IR systems have been a feature of Russian fighter designs for the past couple of decades, a passive IR reducing coating would make sense...it could also have an additional benefit of a 'Yehudi' affect with increased albedo making the aircraft harder to acquire visually. IR and visual 'stealth'.

Cheers, Jon

famvburg

#57
February 01, 2007, 12:06:36 PM
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QuoteBUMP!!!!

I red the first posts of this thread but I'm still asking if I can paint a whole YF-12 in blue or white. Don't know if some parts have to stay black...  :unsure:

     The XB-70 was white so I don't see why not. I'm sure, had other colors been required, compatible paints would've been devoloped.
The in-service version of the  B-70 would not have been white..it would have used a special IR signature reducing finishing system that would have given the aircraft a shimmery silver colour.

So painting an SR-71/F-12 in pearlescent silver would be a possiblity.

Cheers, Jon

  And I always thought metallic B-70s in artist sketches were just "artistic license"!
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